As a former gov't techie, I'm a big fan of all the work 18F, PIF, and USDS are doing. This open source project, released by 18F, an internal US gov't tech agency, makes it easy to create and follow a big checklist of tasks. They designed it for employee onboarding as there are typically 60 steps an existing employee needs to take to bring on a new hire, but it could be used for any number of things!
Check out their blog post for more: https://18f.gsa.gov/2016/04/21/c...
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